NGC 6013
| Galaxy NGC 6013 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hercules |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 15 h 52 m 52.8 s |
| declination | + 40 ° 38 ′ 48 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBb |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 174 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.014980 ± 0.000417 |
| Radial velocity | (4491 ± 125) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(207 ± 16) · 10 6 ly (63.5 ± 4.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | June 21, 1876 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6013 • UGC 10080 • PGC 56287 • CGCG 223-007 • MCG + 07-33-04 • IRAS 15511 + 4047 • GC 5792 • | |
NGC 6013 is a 13.6 likes bright barred spiral galaxy with an active galactic nucleus from Hubble type SBb in the constellation Hercules and about 207 million light-years from the Milky Way center.
It was discovered on June 21, 1876 by Édouard Stephan .
Web links
- NGC 6013. SIMBAD, accessed May 22, 2016 .
- NGC 6013. DSO Browser, accessed May 22, 2016 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 6013. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on May 22, 2016 (English).